The Opiod Epidemic and the Black Community Harold Fisher July 19, 2021 at 8:55 pm in PODCASTS, The Daily Drum Insight Segment Tweet There’s been so much talk about the pandemic that the opiod epidemic has fallen from the headlines. But those drug-related deaths soared last year. More than 93-thousand dying from overdoses. The CDC reporting mostly from Fentanyl. The African-American community has been hit particulary hard in 2020. Why is that? What can be done about it? Resources: My Recovery DC 888-7WEHELP Community Health & Family Medicine, Howard University Hospital Dr. Mark Johnson, MD, Chair, Department of Community & Family Medicine, Howard University Hospital Dr. Beverlyn Settles-Reaves, Ph.D, Care Manager, Urban Health Initiative, Howard University Hospital Tags: Care Manager, Cocaine, Department of Community & Family Medicine, Dr. Beverlyn Settles-Reaves, DR. MARK JOHNSON, Fentanyl, Heroin, Howard University Hospital, The Opiod Epidemic and the Black Community, Urban Health Initiative